pogspartan very solid playmaker and defender, rarely turns it over. Comes with experience I guess, I was one of those Al Horford haters till he proved me wrong
He’s a lesser version of Draymond Green. Still a good player though. If he gets a ring and one or two more all-star picks he’ll likely be a hall of famer.
NBA Players do y’all niggas even listen to what he saying? He said we were looking at the wrong process, Boston and who, that’s admitting he was wrong. He’s a sports analyst, it’s no different then someone betting a series he’s giving his opinion.
How many times is Stephen A and others going to write off the Celtics this year only going to be proven wrong? I remember after the first game of the season listening to Charles Barkley saying the Celtics season is over because Hayward is out and they are a 4-5 seed at best. After we lost Kyrie people wrote us off again and look at us now. God forbid this team gets any credit.
Xan Frank they probably will but that shouldn't take away from how great this team has been. No Kyrie and they are still in the ECF. They are still undefeated at home in the playoffs. Don't underestimate the Celtics. Although I still think Cavs in 6. Still Celtics deserve so much credit for doing what they've done
Everyone had us getting eliminated by Lebron before the season even started with our healthy roster so if we get eliminated by Lebron I am honestly not upset. We have a chance against the Cavs and if it's a small chance I will take it to the bank with this team. If we had a healthy roster we be the easy favorites to win the east and if you don't agree with that statement your just wrong. Also if we had a healthy roster we would be in definite contention to dethrone Golden State in the finals.... Brad Stevens makes basketball easy for his players it's that simple.
Xan Frank eliminated early??? You must be talking about Toronto lol. I'm pretty sure we were in the ECF last year and now this year!!! And our star I.T got injured last year. This year We're down two stars!!!!! lol I bet you're very happy lebron can play against our injured team again. Boston should be respected without doubt at this point. If lebron and love were injured,,, the Cavs wouldn't make the playoffs at all and here's Boston down two stars yet still this deep in the playoffs lol. Be humble like we Celtics are
Pat Howard the point is it doesn't matter what people say the players are the one's who play. No one picked the 76ers to finish as high as they did, the players decide not the pundits
Ty Ham national media overhyped them, guys like SAS, real Sixers fans from philly are very happy with this season. Nobody even thought we’d be over 40 wins or in the playoffs. I’m not giving excuses I’m just saying it was a good season and the Sixers will only get stronger.
Media overhyped them because they went on a 16 game winning streak, Bron and Cavs were struggling, Irving was out and the Raptors were still the baby dinosaurs. Celtics was just a bad matchup. Stevens exposed everything that is wrong with the 6ers. Full credit to the Celtics 👏🏼
This is dumb. The 76ers started the season with a stated goal of making the playoffs. It's only because they exceeded that goal by so much that expectations rose and now people are disappointed. They won 28 games last year and this year they were the 3rd seed and made it to the 2nd round. It was a good season.
In theory, but when you realize they lost to the only team they were not suppose to which was Boston. In the East, that's the competition for the next decade, and they had their two best players missing and one is only 25 years old. If they can't beat them now, what is the chances of them ever beating them? unless they got a big time free agent.
Khristian Peel That's not the point dumbass. They literally got to the ECF without their star players Kyrie and Hayward. Imagine if they were healthy. Come next season they're going to be a championship contender.
process is going in the right direction every year, if u tank year after year thats not progress lol Boston were the better team vs philly who has a beast center and a point who cant shoot
Yea this guy wanna talk bare shit even though 76ers almost got swept without kyrie and Hayward. Then say Oo lebron killed Toronto, just stop being bias and spit the facts, Celtics were the better team.
Celtics are in the exact same position they were in last year with Isaiah Thomas...that system and front office is impressive but most importantly Tatum, Terry, Al and the rest are really putting in work, don’t be surprised if they shock Cleveland in 6 or 7 I doubt it but it’s a possibility
I think this is going to be a great series, just imagine Boston was fully healthy. But in the long run I still think LeBron is too much for any team (in the east) to handle maybe for the next 2-3 years. The man is not human and besides Kyrie and Al, nobody on that team is battle tested (Al’s only been to the ECF and got swept as the 1 seed to LBJ) as much as LeBron is. We’ll see, a lot of great basketball to be played in the near future and I can’t wait!
At this point. Don’t count out any team. No one expected Celtics to reach this far. 76ers weren’t expected to reach the second round. Pacers were expected to be swept but went to game 7. Raptors were supposed to put up a challenge to the Cavs and got swept.
Max picked the raptors to go to the finals, stephen A picked the 76ers go to the finals, and they both lost in the 2nd round. But the East is weak and Lebron has it easy right?
Andy P Yep. The 76ers are insanely talented and have a ton of untapped potential but they’re young and inexperienced. The celtics have great young players and have Stevens as well but they’re also inexperienced and don’t even have Kyrie and Gordon. Then we have the Raptors, who never fail to choke when the light shines on them. I’m not taking anything away from Lebron, he was absolutely sensational in the last two rounds but if he had that roster in the west he would’ve been eliminated already. They’ll likely beat the Celtics but they’ll be hit with reality in the finals when they actually go against a really difficult team.
josey flores tbh there are only 2 teams in the West that would have beaten Lebron the Warriors and the Pelicans, but thats it. The west was weak this year.
Andy P that's your opinion only two teams could have beaten Cleveland. I think the Rockets can beat them but it still people's opinion and only the players can decide that's why they play the games. Portland was favored over the Pelicans how did that work for them
Respect to Boston. It was nice to renew our rivalry to some extent. I look forward to meeting in the future and going to battle for the years to come. Give Cleveland hell in the Conference Finals
Philly overachieved given their youth. No one thought Philly would get this far. We only start having these conversations about Philly after All-Star. But thanks for creating basketball narratives SAS
Ayveel Robinson and Boston didn't huh?? Boston is a little younger than them!!! How can we ignore that Boston is playing big time with these young guys with 2 of their Stars injured???Come on philly did great but give respect to the Celtics and not fake respect
It's the simple fact that embid and Simmons chat IN ALOT, and the fact that some people said they are better then penny and shaq You cant say all that and then lose in the 2nd round in 5 games to a injury fiddled team
In sports the best team on the day wins and Celtics were better 4 games out of 5 simple as that have some integrity and give Boston credit they deserve they didn't cruise to get here they fought and fought hard...Go Celtics!!!
Won 2 games by 2 points. Celtics did well to make the most in crunch time. and a win is a win. Props to celtics. But I honestly don’t think they have a chance against this Sixers team when they get better down the stretch.
Say what you want... the sixers have better talent - they just don't have leaders. Embiid is not a leader. Simmons is not a leader. And the sixers just aren't going to go far without a leader.
I think the truth is in the middle. Part of the issue with the 76ers is that many writers (The Ringer crowd especially) crowned them as this great team with transcendent talent, but then make excuses because "they are young." The Celtics have just as much young talent, and they were better in this series...yet nobody was giving them the benefit of the doubt because they were young.
Truth be told the Celtics have a winning mentality in the front office and coaching staff. They made it to the playoffs last season and have solid veteran leadership. Al Haford has been a solid contributor for over a decade. Philly overachieved, but ran into a team that grinds it out and plays tough defensively. Philly had a great season and have a bright future. The media needs to relax.
What happened to Robert covington in this series, dude was one of the best defenders in the league regular season and was knocking down 3s, I saw none of that in the playoffs.
Bronos 23 Only if you're able to watch basketball. Don't get so emotional it's just the internet lol *cue emotional response saying you're not being emotional at all*
sonicoduh1125 watching basketball got nothing to do with my statement thats #1 and #2 everybody is transitioning from 76ers and Raptors are winning the East to"Oh well East is weak as fuck so ofc Lebron made it"
Nigga it doesn't fucking matter what people were saying some people don't like LeBum and want him to lose so they say stuff like that. The facts are Lebron has played teams lead by Victor oladipo, Kyle Lowry, and now Al horford the East is weak and that's a fact.
It strikes me as odd that we keep hearing about how a number of Celtics/ 76ers games could have gone either way, but half of the Cavs/Raptors games were decided by buzzer beaters.
Remember when Steve Kerr said Boston was the future,some person(s) wanted to know what's he talking about.I'm a Warroirs fan, but I loved Kyrie also and his move to Boston brought life with these other guys in the East.I'm real happy for Boston looking forward to seeing them again.
Think about how many years it took to achieve the roster that the 76ers have right now, compared to the how Danny Ainge comprised the Celtics roster that just beat that roster, of similar age and youth without being terrible for too long. Danny Ainge is a wizard
This was the ultimate successful season for Philly after 5 years of purposeful losing. They came into the season hoping to just make the playoffs, and ended up winning 17 in a row to finish the season with 50 games and the 3 seed. And not only did they make the playoffs they played so well they made the 2nd round and had finals aspirations. And not to mention Embiid and Simmons in their 2nd and 1st year as players respectively, they showed superstar potential throughout the season. Anything that happened in the playoffs was free money actually we shouldn't have had any expectations with such a young team. They did great this year all things considered. And they'll have a chance to really develop another number 1 pick in Fultz in the offseason.
connor can't doubt them anymore. Celtics have been doubted all year long, they thrived off of it. Even if they win 2 games it will show how great they are going to be when healthy
"We"? Stephen A lowkey saying Max hyped the Sixers too when in fact Max keeps saying time and time again not to hype the sixers because their winning streak was full of non playoff teams during the regular season. Stephen A was the only one hyping them up in this show. Max ended up being right.
What doesn’t work on first take is the fact that SAS comes for Max’s neck all the time while Max clearly never focuses on the “I win the argument” aspect and just tries to make valid points. On Undisputed, Uncle Sharp and Skiiiup have that great chemistry.
The process didnt fail. They made it to the second round of the playoffs when they werent even expected to make the playoffs. People would be saying the process failed even if they lost in the finals to the warriors.
How do you get young great talented cheap players? A) Tank the season(s)- Process B) Trade star players just before they begin their dip down for draft picks- Process C) Trade players and draft picks to get a superstar- Process E) Trade a hobbled player for a better healthy player- Process Process means you process assets in the offseason. Danny Ainge might just be an angel sent down from the GM gods to wheel and deal. On second thought, he might be the devil.
BeastMode 21 that is true, but it is just idiotic to say the celtics can't use kawhi leonard because they got too many SFs. i hate the argument that the celtics have too many wings so no room for leonard. like i said, this is a positionless era. tatum, jaylen, kawhi, hayward all of them can handle the ball. why not just make one of them a PG, then another as SG, then say tatum remains SF for example. but yeah, no need for the celts to make major changes because their team is winning
The difference between these two franchises is that Sixers have sucked for many years and that resulted into having alot of lottery picks. Some where great, some were busts. Celtics on the other hand have had nearly as many early first round picks throughout these years ,while playing in the playoffs every year and having a decent team and ontop of that, they signed Kyrie and Hayward. That shows you how good a gm Danny Ainge is, relly on another level.
Nick Halk Boston collected shitload of picks trading all the 2008 championship team, the Sixers hadn't the same possibility. All of them worked with what they have.
But my point is that Celtics created this possibility. How many GMs do you know who would trade 2 players who led them to a championship and ne of which was the franchise player for 10+ years. And remember it's 2013 Paul Pierce and Garnett we talkin about, not 2008.
It's not just drafting it's also developing players. The celtic's develop role players while most teams dont focus on lower drafted players. Look at guys like Avery Bradley, Kelly Olynik, Glen Davis, Marcus Smart. Guerschon Yabusele,Semi Ojeleye. They develop role players instead of going out and paying big money for role players.
TheRealtalk617 yes that's right too..That's why the Celtics are a historic franchise.. They make all the right choices most of the time and that results in championships. Same as the Spurs...
Celtics didn’t have a process because they lucked into the fact that a team would be so stupid as the Brooklyn nets and trade five years worth of picks for old ass dudes. Any team could do that deal and end up where the Celtics at now
Matthew Rivera in 2013 we lost to the Knicks in the first round. in 2014 we didnt even make the playoffs. in 2015 we got swept in the first round. 2016 lost again in the first round. 2017 ECF. 2018 ECF. its a process. after all the trades and changes they’ve made through the years, its a process. y’all discredit Boston because y’all don’t pay attention to Boston. instead of calling the Celtics moves smart af...y’all just call it luck. ☘️
It's both luck and smart. Smart in a sense that Ainge was willing to trade away 2 hall of famers for picks, and luck in a sense that the Brooklyn owner and GM were dumbasses to go through with the trade. And as bad as you guys have been in 2014, 2015, and 2016 you guys were still way better than what Philly had.
Matthew Rivera it was actually 4 years with the swapped picks last year which was totally dumb Billy Goat King should never get a job in the NBA again...
Stephen A can literally backtrack every statement he ever made and never get called on his shit. This is why I watch my boys Skip and Shannon😎😎 SKKKEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYUUUUPPPP
I Just feel bad for my man JJ redick, the dude keeps losing in the playoffs, Magic, Clippers now Sixers. can the dude plz get a ring before he retires? the dude is a gunslinger at the 3 point.
I feel like Stephen a smith was just arguing for the sake of arguing here. There wasn’t really even anything to disagree with. He’s just pissed that max is twice as smart as him so he tries to disagree in everything
Saying too much is made of “The Process” is a complete disregard of what the Process is. They’re gonna be contenders for the foreseeable future, the process is justified
Don’t forget part of the process was to get rid of salary that would allow you to also be flexible enough to add a lebron James or have assets to trade for kawai
Kudos to the 76ers for a great season. Boston has played inspired basketball all year and I'm amazed at how successful they have been without their best 2 players.
Why are people acting like the 76ers were favorites to win the NBA Finals to start the season? This team was led by a 2 year player and rookie and made it to the conference semis when last year they had the first pick in the draft. This is a young and unexpierenced team with barely any playoff experience how could they possibly be a disappointment? The sky is the limit for this team
Stephen A still doesn’t understand the process. We exceeded expectations this year, the process is all about improvement and setting higher goals year after year. This is the WORST Sixers team of the next 5-7 years, THINK ABOUT THAT. We jumped from 28 to 52 wins; got the 3rd seed after we were projected to get the 8th seed; won a playoff series; THAT is a successful season and I am so proud of my team.
what is max even saying here? he's basically saying the sixers rebuilding process (tanking every year) was more impressive than the celtics rebuilding process (tanking once and making the playoffs every year after while robbing every gm) which is absurd. also, this notion that "philly is too young" wasn't even a thing when they were picked to win this series in 4-5 games. not to mention the celtics are actually a younger team so thats not an excuse. simmons was awful all series as was brett brown and the celtics showed their discipline all series long.
I love it how they jumb back and forth. One minute they are the favorites. The next minute the process cant be trusted. His judgement is falling off like his hairline.
you're not bad... you're just young, inexperienced, chokers who won't make it anywhere until you trade simmons for something better, or teach him how to shoot.
The real "Process" is the Boston Celtics. Danny Ainge has done a great job. Brad Stevens has done a great job. Don't be surprised when The Cavs are unseated as the East champs this year instead of next.
Someone wanna try their hand at explaining to me how the process failed??? Went from 10 wins to 28 wins to 52 wins and a playoff series win (and a second series they could’ve very easily taken seeing how close it was)... half of them are new to the team and the other half is super young. Sorry we went above your expectations, keep hating if you can find a way to 🤷🏼♂️😂
I don't understand how anyone can support "the process". How can anyone be happy that their team tanked for 3-4 years just to accumulate high draft picks? especially now that they got embarrassed by a team that's missing 2 all stars, is just as young, and didn't tank for picks?
The sixers were never even suppose to win 50 they over achieved. And they did it with 3 rental players all the the players they signed were on a 1 year contract and they were all 3 point specialists not athlete's. If the sixers wanted athlete's they whould have made a move at the trade deadline and got Evans from Memphis, or a couple other guys on the block but they didn't. They wanted guys that can come off the bench and shoot 3s. They did that so they can sign a couple of max players during free agency. So I don't know why everyone is over reacting to them losing to Boston when they have 4 guys under 25 years old and will be here in Philly for the next 10 years possibly plus who ever they add in free agency. Just enjoy the long hall that is going to be
The prediction of SAS and Max failed miserably. SAS picked 76ers to reach the final. Max picked Toronto Raptors to reach the final. Both teams are gone. These talking heads are still here....just for entertainment! Their prediction is as good as anyone's...
NEWSFLASH, the Celtics have young studs in Tatum, Brown, and Rozier that are just beginning to pop. The media doesnt give Boston the coverage they deserve cause of their perceived lack of stars. THEY SHINING NOW
yes it’s impressive what Boston has built but i think it’s more of a vindication of how bad the Nets GM was, he traded away first round picks for vets past their prime lol. The Nets pick is the main reason they were able to trade and get Kyrie.
Al horford is probably the most underrated player in the league, he is essential on defense and has a really high basketball iq
pogspartan very solid playmaker and defender, rarely turns it over. Comes with experience I guess, I was one of those Al Horford haters till he proved me wrong
Bro he's a all-star he is not underrated.
He's a bum
pogspartan he's appropriately rated a top 100 player
He’s a lesser version of Draymond Green. Still a good player though. If he gets a ring and one or two more all-star picks he’ll likely be a hall of famer.
sas was the same person who kept saying he didnt trust the process but also kept saying that the 76ers are the favourites to win the east
He said why he didn't trust the process though.
He hates the process because he believes a black man wouldn't have been allowed to throw away seasons like Hinkie did. A typical SAS thought.
IGNORANT is BLISS you're an idiot.
NBA Players do y’all niggas even listen to what he saying? He said we were looking at the wrong process, Boston and who, that’s admitting he was wrong. He’s a sports analyst, it’s no different then someone betting a series he’s giving his opinion.
He said that tanking on purpose for so long was extremly pathetic. That's the problem.
Remember when Stephen A said that Philly was hands down going to the Conference finals? LOL
How many times is Stephen A and others going to write off the Celtics this year only going to be proven wrong? I remember after the first game of the season listening to Charles Barkley saying the Celtics season is over because Hayward is out and they are a 4-5 seed at best. After we lost Kyrie people wrote us off again and look at us now. God forbid this team gets any credit.
Pat Howard seriously!! They did this last year the whole way too!! They hate Boston
Xan Frank they probably will but that shouldn't take away from how great this team has been. No Kyrie and they are still in the ECF. They are still undefeated at home in the playoffs. Don't underestimate the Celtics. Although I still think Cavs in 6. Still Celtics deserve so much credit for doing what they've done
Everyone had us getting eliminated by Lebron before the season even started with our healthy roster so if we get eliminated by Lebron I am honestly not upset. We have a chance against the Cavs and if it's a small chance I will take it to the bank with this team. If we had a healthy roster we be the easy favorites to win the east and if you don't agree with that statement your just wrong. Also if we had a healthy roster we would be in definite contention to dethrone Golden State in the finals.... Brad Stevens makes basketball easy for his players it's that simple.
Xan Frank eliminated early??? You must be talking about Toronto lol. I'm pretty sure we were in the ECF last year and now this year!!! And our star I.T got injured last year. This year We're down two stars!!!!! lol I bet you're very happy lebron can play against our injured team again. Boston should be respected without doubt at this point. If lebron and love were injured,,, the Cavs wouldn't make the playoffs at all and here's Boston down two stars yet still this deep in the playoffs lol. Be humble like we Celtics are
Pat Howard the point is it doesn't matter what people say the players are the one's who play. No one picked the 76ers to finish as high as they did, the players decide not the pundits
Yall sweared to God that the sixers where going to the finals
Ty Ham national media overhyped them, guys like SAS, real Sixers fans from philly are very happy with this season. Nobody even thought we’d be over 40 wins or in the playoffs. I’m not giving excuses I’m just saying it was a good season and the Sixers will only get stronger.
Media overhyped them because they went on a 16 game winning streak, Bron and Cavs were struggling, Irving was out and the Raptors were still the baby dinosaurs. Celtics was just a bad matchup. Stevens exposed everything that is wrong with the 6ers. Full credit to the Celtics 👏🏼
Charles T agreed...TTP
Ty Ham *swore
Rigged games
This is dumb. The 76ers started the season with a stated goal of making the playoffs. It's only because they exceeded that goal by so much that expectations rose and now people are disappointed. They won 28 games last year and this year they were the 3rd seed and made it to the 2nd round. It was a good season.
jaelzion facts
jaelzion Exactly!
Exactly! It was a great season but because they heavily exceeded expectations and once again lost to Boston most see it as a failure.
I agree.
In theory, but when you realize they lost to the only team they were not suppose to which was Boston. In the East, that's the competition for the next decade, and they had their two best players missing and one is only 25 years old. If they can't beat them now, what is the chances of them ever beating them? unless they got a big time free agent.
But the Celtics didn’t have to tank to do there process, they only missed the playoffs one year and look at them now
Mark Butler Jr. Look at them now? They're not gonna win the chip this season.
Mark Butler Jr. Goes to show you how amazing their front office/coaching is
Khristian Peel they are championship bound for the future though, just by having one bad year and great trades. No one expected them to win this year
Khristian Peel That's not the point dumbass. They literally got to the ECF without their star players Kyrie and Hayward. Imagine if they were healthy. Come next season they're going to be a championship contender.
process is going in the right direction every year, if u tank year after year thats not progress lol Boston were the better team vs philly who has a beast center and a point who cant shoot
Take this L SAS LOL
he got destroyed.
"its a process"
fucking everything is a process fool. "the process" is tanking. stop conflating the 2
Yea this guy wanna talk bare shit even though 76ers almost got swept without kyrie and Hayward. Then say Oo lebron killed Toronto, just stop being bias and spit the facts, Celtics were the better team.
Celtics are in the exact same position they were in last year with Isaiah Thomas...that system and front office is impressive but most importantly Tatum, Terry, Al and the rest are really putting in work, don’t be surprised if they shock Cleveland in 6 or 7 I doubt it but it’s a possibility
Show Out wait until they get Kyrie and Hayward back
I think this is going to be a great series, just imagine Boston was fully healthy. But in the long run I still think LeBron is too much for any team (in the east) to handle maybe for the next 2-3 years. The man is not human and besides Kyrie and Al, nobody on that team is battle tested (Al’s only been to the ECF and got swept as the 1 seed to LBJ) as much as LeBron is. We’ll see, a lot of great basketball to be played in the near future and I can’t wait!
Maybe next year coz this summer they might get kawhi for hayward and a draft pick
Show Out dude celtics got a great coach brad stevens
Fuck all that if u think they gonna win u think they gonna win u with the Celtics die with them
76ers went through a losing process Boston went through a winning process
Celts are now the spurs of the east
Flicks & Kicks please dont say that, people actually wanna watch Boston, not be put into sleep lmao
Embiid 4th year in the NBA, Simmons 2nd year in the NBA; got outplayed by true rookie in Tatum and 2nd year player Brown
Simmons, 1st year. Fixed it. They didn't get outplayed so sit down 😂
Philly Prince They actually did get outplayed
Simmons get outplayed. Embiid was balling out
Philly Prince
yeah they did. Simmons was like a -60 for the series.
This is the first Embiid full season and the very first Simmons one. Sit down.
You tell 76ers will play finals haha. Classic ESPN
boston the better team.. lets keep it simple
Calli Dawkins 'til Sunday, then the King will appear.
At this point. Don’t count out any team.
No one expected Celtics to reach this far. 76ers weren’t expected to reach the second round. Pacers were expected to be swept but went to game 7. Raptors were supposed to put up a challenge to the Cavs and got swept.
Stop Doubting ☘️🤷🏾♂️
this is not the eagles quit trying to copy
Cavs in 4 bum
Larriors Blew a 3-1 Lead Warriors in 4 bum and then Bron is leaving.
stop y’all barely won both series
James Harden barely?! nigga we almost swept Philly 😂😂
*The Process of Elimination*
Max picked the raptors to go to the finals, stephen A picked the 76ers go to the finals, and they both lost in the 2nd round. But the East is weak and Lebron has it easy right?
Andy P Yep. The 76ers are insanely talented and have a ton of untapped potential but they’re young and inexperienced. The celtics have great young players and have Stevens as well but they’re also inexperienced and don’t even have Kyrie and Gordon. Then we have the Raptors, who never fail to choke when the light shines on them. I’m not taking anything away from Lebron, he was absolutely sensational in the last two rounds but if he had that roster in the west he would’ve been eliminated already. They’ll likely beat the Celtics but they’ll be hit with reality in the finals when they actually go against a really difficult team.
josey flores tbh there are only 2 teams in the West that would have beaten Lebron the Warriors and the Pelicans, but thats it. The west was weak this year.
Andy P that's your opinion only two teams could have beaten Cleveland. I think the Rockets can beat them but it still people's opinion and only the players can decide that's why they play the games. Portland was favored over the Pelicans how did that work for them
Andy P 😆 Lol you right everyone was saying the Cavs won't even get threw the second round now they feel dumb so they use the east is weak excuse
Andy P lol not the rockets?
Respect to Boston. It was nice to renew our rivalry to some extent. I look forward to meeting in the future and going to battle for the years to come.
Give Cleveland hell in the Conference Finals
Philly overachieved given their youth. No one thought Philly would get this far. We only start having these conversations about Philly after All-Star. But thanks for creating basketball narratives SAS
Ayveel Robinson and Boston didn't huh?? Boston is a little younger than them!!! How can we ignore that Boston is playing big time with these young guys with 2 of their Stars injured???Come on philly did great but give respect to the Celtics and not fake respect
2:04 Molly zip it!
It's the simple fact that embid and Simmons chat IN ALOT, and the fact that some people said they are better then penny and shaq
You cant say all that and then lose in the 2nd round in 5 games to a injury fiddled team
KidKinsey in their first playoff appearance when the initial goal was reaching the Playoffs at all. They can only improve, calm down
Penny and Shaq didn't make the playoffs there first year.
samuel morrison - They're gonna improve... But they're not gonna surpass the Celtics.
76ers are overrated.
Spidey7747 the fact that you say that shows how good they've become in just one season
people gotta realise they were led by a rookie in ben simmons and a second year player in embiid like seriously this is incredibly successful
Ben simmons is not a rookie.
The Celtics two best players are injured and one of the leading scorers is a rookie.. 🤔
And the celtics....
well you obviously arent that bright
but most of that team has playoff experience thats what im getting at, but tatum has been a monster these playoffs
Damn I love when molly says "baby"
Why cut the video short? Let me find another page that plays it all
Wasn’t it just last year everyone questioned Danny Ainge for never trading his picks. All of a sudden he was a genius for holding out?
There's no "process" when your coach is Brad Stevens
Celtics nation
I really hate Boston and their cancerous fans, but you gotta give props to Brad Stevens man, they found the 2nd coming of pops as a coach.
cancerous mine but were winning😂
In sports the best team on the day wins and Celtics were better 4 games out of 5 simple as that have some integrity and give Boston credit they deserve they didn't cruise to get here they fought and fought hard...Go Celtics!!!
Someone needs to tell max to stop entering into these soliloquies and just answer the question 😑
Won 2 games by 2 points.
Celtics did well to make the most in crunch time.
and a win is a win.
Props to celtics. But I honestly don’t think they have a chance against this Sixers team when they get better down the stretch.
Say what you want... the sixers have better talent - they just don't have leaders. Embiid is not a leader. Simmons is not a leader. And the sixers just aren't going to go far without a leader.
I think the truth is in the middle. Part of the issue with the 76ers is that many writers (The Ringer crowd especially) crowned them as this great team with transcendent talent, but then make excuses because "they are young." The Celtics have just as much young talent, and they were better in this series...yet nobody was giving them the benefit of the doubt because they were young.
Just over two weeks ago, April 24th, SAS was saying that the Sixers were "the team to beat in the East"...🤔👌
Truth be told the Celtics have a winning mentality in the front office and coaching staff. They made it to the playoffs last season and have solid veteran leadership. Al Haford has been a solid contributor for over a decade. Philly overachieved, but ran into a team that grinds it out and plays tough defensively. Philly had a great season and have a bright future. The media needs to relax.
What happened to Robert covington in this series, dude was one of the best defenders in the league regular season and was knocking down 3s, I saw none of that in the playoffs.
*2 weeks ago* : LeBron and the Cavs are DONE!
*Now* :LeBron has a cakewalk again....
literally no one has said LeBron has a cakewalk this year, fuck you talking about?
sonicoduh1125 are you able to read ?
Bronos 23 Only if you're able to watch basketball. Don't get so emotional it's just the internet lol
*cue emotional response saying you're not being emotional at all*
sonicoduh1125 watching basketball got nothing to do with my statement thats #1 and #2 everybody is transitioning from 76ers and Raptors are winning the East to"Oh well East is weak as fuck so ofc Lebron made it"
Nigga it doesn't fucking matter what people were saying some people don't like LeBum and want him to lose so they say stuff like that. The facts are Lebron has played teams lead by Victor oladipo, Kyle Lowry, and now Al horford the East is weak and that's a fact.
It strikes me as odd that we keep hearing about how a number of Celtics/ 76ers games could have gone either way, but half of the Cavs/Raptors games were decided by buzzer beaters.
This was still a huge leap for the 76ers. The process is looking very good
Remember when Steve Kerr said Boston was the future,some person(s) wanted to know what's he talking about.I'm a Warroirs fan, but I loved Kyrie also and his move to Boston brought life with these other guys in the East.I'm real happy for Boston looking forward to seeing them again.
Think about how many years it took to achieve the roster that the 76ers have right now, compared to the how Danny Ainge comprised the Celtics roster that just beat that roster, of similar age and youth without being terrible for too long. Danny Ainge is a wizard
This was the ultimate successful season for Philly after 5 years of purposeful losing. They came into the season hoping to just make the playoffs, and ended up winning 17 in a row to finish the season with 50 games and the 3 seed. And not only did they make the playoffs they played so well they made the 2nd round and had finals aspirations. And not to mention Embiid and Simmons in their 2nd and 1st year as players respectively, they showed superstar potential throughout the season. Anything that happened in the playoffs was free money actually we shouldn't have had any expectations with such a young team. They did great this year all things considered. And they'll have a chance to really develop another number 1 pick in Fultz in the offseason.
Celtics in 7 over Cavs
mukathefreak lebron will hit another game winner
connor can't doubt them anymore. Celtics have been doubted all year long, they thrived off of it. Even if they win 2 games it will show how great they are going to be when healthy
Xan Frank Celtics at home in game 7 and you think they wouldn’t win ? 🤔
Nah Celtics in 4 :)
Blackdeath That ain't happening
"We"? Stephen A lowkey saying Max hyped the Sixers too when in fact Max keeps saying time and time again not to hype the sixers because their winning streak was full of non playoff teams during the regular season.
Stephen A was the only one hyping them up in this show. Max ended up being right.
Max is right, I was pissed about that pierce trade but in hindsight it put us in a position to have transcending players for the next 3-4 years
What doesn’t work on first take is the fact that SAS comes for Max’s neck all the time while Max clearly never focuses on the “I win the argument” aspect and just tries to make valid points. On Undisputed, Uncle Sharp and Skiiiup have that great chemistry.
The process didnt fail. They made it to the second round of the playoffs when they werent even expected to make the playoffs. People would be saying the process failed even if they lost in the finals to the warriors.
How do you get young great talented cheap players?
A) Tank the season(s)- Process
B) Trade star players just before they begin their dip down for draft picks- Process
C) Trade players and draft picks to get a superstar- Process
E) Trade a hobbled player for a better healthy player- Process
Process means you process assets in the offseason.
Danny Ainge might just be an angel sent down from the GM gods to wheel and deal.
On second thought, he might be the devil.
I don't like when people say the 76ers are a young team. When considering average playing time, the celtics are actually younger.
The rivalry has awaken again Philly n Boston thank you NBA God's!
Process did great this year
Brad Stevens coach of the year!! 💯💯🙇♂️
Could You see Kawhi Leonard to the Celtics, they would contend against Golden State
Increase that would be incredible. And imagine Lebron in philly. The east will be more fun to watch
HardikG121 so what? this is a positionless era. they can use kawhi as a playmaker. the more length they have, the better they are defensively.
This roster already can compete with Brad as the coach
BeastMode 21 that is true, but it is just idiotic to say the celtics can't use kawhi leonard because they got too many SFs. i hate the argument that the celtics have too many wings so no room for leonard. like i said, this is a positionless era. tatum, jaylen, kawhi, hayward all of them can handle the ball. why not just make one of them a PG, then another as SG, then say tatum remains SF for example. but yeah, no need for the celts to make major changes because their team is winning
The difference between these two franchises is that Sixers have sucked for many years and that resulted into having alot of lottery picks. Some where great, some were busts. Celtics on the other hand have had nearly as many early first round picks throughout these years ,while playing in the playoffs every year and having a decent team and ontop of that, they signed Kyrie and Hayward. That shows you how good a gm Danny Ainge is, relly on another level.
Nick Halk Boston collected shitload of picks trading all the 2008 championship team, the Sixers hadn't the same possibility. All of them worked with what they have.
But my point is that Celtics created this possibility. How many GMs do you know who would trade 2 players who led them to a championship and ne of which was the franchise player for 10+ years. And remember it's 2013 Paul Pierce and Garnett we talkin about, not 2008.
It's not just drafting it's also developing players. The celtic's develop role players while most teams dont focus on lower drafted players. Look at guys like Avery Bradley, Kelly Olynik, Glen Davis, Marcus Smart. Guerschon Yabusele,Semi Ojeleye. They develop role players instead of going out and paying big money for role players.
TheRealtalk617 yes that's right too..That's why the Celtics are a historic franchise.. They make all the right choices most of the time and that results in championships. Same as the Spurs...
can stand Stephan A lately.
Can’t ?
Frankie L he making bank just yapping on TV. What ur fat lonely broke virgin ass doing?
Danny P Wow what an incredibly retarded argument
SAS still wont hold himself accountable for falling for the 76ers HYPE!
Celtics didn’t have a process because they lucked into the fact that a team would be so stupid as the Brooklyn nets and trade five years worth of picks for old ass dudes. Any team could do that deal and end up where the Celtics at now
Matthew Rivera in 2013 we lost to the Knicks in the first round. in 2014 we didnt even make the playoffs. in 2015 we got swept in the first round. 2016 lost again in the first round. 2017 ECF. 2018 ECF. its a process. after all the trades and changes they’ve made through the years, its a process. y’all discredit Boston because y’all don’t pay attention to Boston. instead of calling the Celtics moves smart af...y’all just call it luck. ☘️
It's both luck and smart. Smart in a sense that Ainge was willing to trade away 2 hall of famers for picks, and luck in a sense that the Brooklyn owner and GM were dumbasses to go through with the trade. And as bad as you guys have been in 2014, 2015, and 2016 you guys were still way better than what Philly had.
Brian Ng i guess because of our smart coach...but we were lucky he decided to come coach for us when he did right? i guess our Celtics are lucky 🍀
Matthew Rivera it was actually 4 years with the swapped picks last year which was totally dumb Billy Goat King should never get a job in the NBA again...
Stephen A can literally backtrack every statement he ever made and never get called on his shit. This is why I watch my boys Skip and Shannon😎😎
SKKKEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYUUUUPPPP
I Just feel bad for my man JJ redick, the dude keeps losing in the playoffs, Magic, Clippers now Sixers. can the dude plz get a ring before he retires? the dude is a gunslinger at the 3 point.
I feel like Stephen a smith was just arguing for the sake of arguing here. There wasn’t really even anything to disagree with. He’s just pissed that max is twice as smart as him so he tries to disagree in everything
Max makes the word dumb a compliment
Saying too much is made of “The Process” is a complete disregard of what the Process is. They’re gonna be contenders for the foreseeable future, the process is justified
They exceeded all expectations this season I don’t see what’s wrong with that
It’s not done yet. But Danny Ainge is starting to look like the best President/GM in all of American professional sports.
Embiid destroyed the momentum of the sixers when he missed 2 in a row. They were up by 1, and the celtics never looked back
Don’t forget part of the process was to get rid of salary that would allow you to also be flexible enough to add a lebron James or have assets to trade for kawai
both Celtics and philly are amazing I supported Celtics from the start and Tatum is 20
Kudos to the 76ers for a great season. Boston has played inspired basketball all year and I'm amazed at how successful they have been without their best 2 players.
Why are people acting like the 76ers were favorites to win the NBA Finals to start the season? This team was led by a 2 year player and rookie and made it to the conference semis when last year they had the first pick in the draft. This is a young and unexpierenced team with barely any playoff experience how could they possibly be a disappointment? The sky is the limit for this team
The Process can become an never-ending story!
Max is right that the Celtics didn't have their "the process" like the 76ers. They didn't have to tank to get theirs!
The difference between the two teams was the coach in this series
Max punched himself in the face with the definition of the process.
The general managers really in the nba really don’t get the recognition they should from fans
Stephen A still doesn’t understand the process. We exceeded expectations this year, the process is all about improvement and setting higher goals year after year. This is the WORST Sixers team of the next 5-7 years, THINK ABOUT THAT. We jumped from 28 to 52 wins; got the 3rd seed after we were projected to get the 8th seed; won a playoff series; THAT is a successful season and I am so proud of my team.
what is max even saying here? he's basically saying the sixers rebuilding process (tanking every year) was more impressive than the celtics rebuilding process (tanking once and making the playoffs every year after while robbing every gm) which is absurd. also, this notion that "philly is too young" wasn't even a thing when they were picked to win this series in 4-5 games. not to mention the celtics are actually a younger team so thats not an excuse. simmons was awful all series as was brett brown and the celtics showed their discipline all series long.
No other team in the NBA wins a playoff series let alone go to the conference finals without their 2 best players. Process this Philly...
I think Marcus Smart traveled at the end of the game when he tossed the ball across the court. I searched it up
Danny Ainge should go to the Hall of Fame.
The sad thing is Tatum is the perfect player for the Sixers. They shouldn't have made that trade with Boston.
Kyrie motivated and gave them young boys confidence to rapidly move to that next level, Irving is on that goat level.
Had Brett Brown not blown thru his timeouts like Andy Reid, this might be a different story altogether. Philly needs a new coach.
I love it how they jumb back and forth. One minute they are the favorites. The next minute the process cant be trusted. His judgement is falling off like his hairline.
This was our first year in the playoff since 2012 and now because we lost to a injured Celtics team we’re bad now? Okay.
you're not bad... you're just young, inexperienced, chokers who won't make it anywhere until you trade simmons for something better, or teach him how to shoot.
Yeah it makes no sense, people are talking like they have to rebuild.
Umm....Yah
76ers had a beyond successful year. They only won like 10 games last year and this year they lost in the semifinals
The real "Process" is the Boston Celtics. Danny Ainge has done a great job. Brad Stevens has done a great job. Don't be surprised when The Cavs are unseated as the East champs this year instead of next.
I'm not a 76ers fan, but I will say that despite the L they took at the hands of the Celtics, their season can only be viewed as a success. (imo)
SAS, don't be like that. Our 2 best players are 24 and 19, took lebron until 27 years old and Jordan took until he was 28
Someone wanna try their hand at explaining to me how the process failed??? Went from 10 wins to 28 wins to 52 wins and a playoff series win (and a second series they could’ve very easily taken seeing how close it was)... half of them are new to the team and the other half is super young. Sorry we went above your expectations, keep hating if you can find a way to 🤷🏼♂️😂
I don't understand how anyone can support "the process". How can anyone be happy that their team tanked for 3-4 years just to accumulate high draft picks? especially now that they got embarrassed by a team that's missing 2 all stars, is just as young, and didn't tank for picks?
The sixers were never even suppose to win 50 they over achieved. And they did it with 3 rental players all the the players they signed were on a 1 year contract and they were all 3 point specialists not athlete's. If the sixers wanted athlete's they whould have made a move at the trade deadline and got Evans from Memphis, or a couple other guys on the block but they didn't. They wanted guys that can come off the bench and shoot 3s. They did that so they can sign a couple of max players during free agency. So I don't know why everyone is over reacting to them losing to Boston when they have 4 guys under 25 years old and will be here in Philly for the next 10 years possibly plus who ever they add in free agency. Just enjoy the long hall that is going to be
The prediction of SAS and Max failed miserably. SAS picked 76ers to reach the final. Max picked Toronto Raptors to reach the final. Both teams are gone. These talking heads are still here....just for entertainment! Their prediction is as good as anyone's...
What does SAS not understand. It's THE PROCESS!
Celtics are young as well! They stepped up
NEWSFLASH, the Celtics have young studs in Tatum, Brown, and Rozier that are just beginning to pop. The media doesnt give Boston the coverage they deserve cause of their perceived lack of stars. THEY SHINING NOW
Max: 6ers in 7” you’re a fool. A fool in a mans shoes
Danny Ainge.. the finesse king.
Max thinks tanking for years is a process. What a joke.
yes it’s impressive what Boston has built but i think it’s more of a vindication of how bad the Nets GM was, he traded away first round picks for vets past their prime lol. The Nets pick is the main reason they were able to trade and get Kyrie.